<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kuznar, Wayne</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fogel, Richard I.</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">When to Consider Rate Control, Rhythm Control, and Catheter Ablation for AF</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MD Conference Express</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013-04-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6-7</style></pages><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">State-of-the-art management of atrial fibrillation (AF) requires an understanding of the general therapeutic strategies, limitations of each approach, and the factors involved in the selection of a strategy. This article discusses the merits of a rate control versus a rhythm control strategy using antiarrhythmic drugs, optimal approaches to anticoagulation in patients with AF, new catheter ablation techniques, and the use of rhythm control for younger patients, among other topics.</style></abstract><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13</style></volume></record></records></xml>